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To: ---------- who wrote (1004)	12/23/1997 6:09:00 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2951

Doug: I cannot agree with you more. As a Chinese from Beijing, I have to admit quite a number of my country people give way too much credit to US systems. They come here for only a few years, know very little about US systems as a whole, yet, they think everything here in the US is so rosy and advanced, and everything in China is so corrupted. I feel sorry for them. Talking about "GuanXi" (connection), I think it is universal in every system. I just found out that here in the US if you have some friend working in companies who is willing to refer you as a potential employee, you don't even need any interview. The company will hire you right away. As a matter fact, over 80% of positions in the US private sector will never be advertised. They are filled only by referral. I appreciate and enjoy very much your post. Please keep them coming. Have a nice holiday, and wish you the best. Yiwu

To: ---------- who wrote (1004)	12/30/1997 1:18:00 AM
From: synchro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2951

<<One thing I will give the Chinese credit for..... having money is no sure way to buy your way out of justice. (Remember O.J. Simpson?) The Chinese caught some wealthy executives dipping in the till. ::Bang:: they shot them. No Johnny Cochran, no F. Lee Bailey. You stole the money, you get shot. >> Doug, w/ all due respect, I would just like to remind you that what you see & read in the media are the small # of instances when _due process_ failed. For the vast majority of instances, due process, as a civilized way of resolving conflict, works incredibly well. I think you would agree that the newspapers & TV would go bankrupt if, instead of reporting on the sensational cases and corruption du jour, they just keep repeating the mundane, but overwhelming number of cases where justice is rigorously served, contract faithfully enforced, private property wholely protected, & civil rights actually preserved. Having the rule of law is quite mundane and pedestrian until it is taken away. I know this is going to irk some people again, (it's that American pomposity again), but I thank God I live in America.